US10587847B2 - Content capture and transmission of data of a subject to a target device - Google Patents
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- the present application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to content capture and transmission, e.g., a shooting method or a shooting apparatus.
- a public device or device of another person
- some parks, squares, scenic spots and other public places are equipped with many surveillance cameras, and users can use these cameras to obtain photos or images related to themselves.
- smart phone devices with a camera are also popular, and some new digital camera products (or the lenses) are also provided with a wireless function; by using these devices, some new social shooting applications can be achieved. For example, one person shoots a photo or video for himself by using another person's camera from the viewing angle of the other person. After the shooting has been completed, the shooting end transmits shooting data.
- Such applications have a significant feature, that is, a receiving device of the shooting data should be a specific related device. That is to say, only when a photo (or video) is “shot” by using a certain user as a subject or is “about” a certain user, the related user is interested in acquiring it (or have the right to acquire it).
- the existing wireless communication technologies cannot fully satisfy requirements of the above applications. Because most wireless communication devices use omnidirectional antennas, a shooting device may transmit a photo (or video) to a device beyond a viewfinder vision, but users often neither want to receive a lot of photos of other persons nor want photos of their own to be acquired by unrelated persons.
- a communication range can be limited by using a directional antenna in coordination with a shooting direction of a lens; however, unrelated users within a certain angle range may still be involved.
- An example, non-limiting objective of the present application is to provide a shooting method and a shooting apparatus, which can achieve precise transmission of shooting data.
- a shooting method comprises steps of:
- a computer readable storage device is provided.
- a device for shooting comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory storing a computer executable instruction, the processor being connected with the memory via a communication bus, and when the device is operating, the processor executes or facilitates execution of the executable instructions stored by the memory to cause the device to perform operations, comprising:
- a subject is determined according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject; therefore, a signal source and a physical device can be matched precisely, that is, an object to which shooting data is transmitted can be determined accurately, to achieve precise transmission of the shooting data.
- FIG. 1 is an example flowchart of a shooting method according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 2 is an example detailed flowchart of step S 110 in the method shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an example detailed flowchart of step S 120 in the method shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is an example flowchart of a shooting method according to another embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 5 is an example structural block diagram of a shooting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 6 is an example structural block diagram of a subject determining module in the apparatus shown in FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 7 is an example structural block diagram of a shooting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 8 is an example structural block diagram of a shooting apparatus according to a still another embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 9 is an example structural block diagram of a shooting apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 10 is an example structural block diagram of a shooting apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present application.
- Selectable subject a human, an animal, or any other physical entity capable of moving or changing a posture, which can be used as a subject and can be identified, recognized or viewed by a shooting device; a selectable subject holds and/or carries at least one target device.
- Target device a terminal device (for example, a mobile phone, a camera, a handheld computer, a personal computer, a tablet computer, or a wearable smart device) capable of establishing a communication connection with the subject in a wireless manner; the target device may be held or carried by a selectable subject; the target device may be equipped with many possible sensors (a gravity sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, and so on) or related sensor data related of the target device can be collected.
- a terminal device for example, a mobile phone, a camera, a handheld computer, a personal computer, a tablet computer, or a wearable smart device
- the target device may be held or carried by a selectable subject
- the target device may be equipped with many possible sensors (a gravity sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, and so on) or related sensor data related of the target device can be collected.
- Shooting device a device that implements shooting; in one or more of the embodiments of the present application, the shooting device at least has shooting and display functions, and can transmit, in a wireless manner, shooting data to a target device associated with the subject.
- the shooting device may be stationary or may be held or carried by a user.
- the shooting device may be a micro digital camera, or a device (for example, a mobile phone, a camera, a handheld computer, a personal computer, a tablet computer, or a wearable smart device) comprising a micro digital camera;
- the micro digital camera refers to an apparatus that uses an electronic sensor to convert optical images into electronic data, comprises a lens, an image sensor, a DSP calculation unit and other components, and is capable of achieving functions of recording, processing and storing static or dynamic images.
- the sensor data in the one or more of embodiments of the present application may comprise one or more of the following: velocity, acceleration, direction, angular velocity, and signal strength data, where the sensor data may be generated due to changes in movement or posture of the corresponding holder or carrier, and is used to recognize an action of the corresponding holder or carrier in one or more of the embodiments of the present application; the action can refer to an action that can be collected and recognized by the shooting device.
- a shooting method comprises the following steps.
- the sensor data is from one or more target devices, after a holder or carrier of the target device completes a certain action or changes the posture, a series of related sensor data may be generated correspondingly, and the target device may directly send out all or part of original sensor data relevant to the action, and may also send out processed data that can be more easily or directly used for action recognition.
- the sensor data sent by the target device is received, at least one subject is determined from the selectable subject corresponding to image information that can be matched with the sensor information of the target device.
- a subject is determined according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject; therefore, a signal source and a physical device can be matched precisely, that is, an object to which shooting data is transmitted can be determined accurately, to achieve precise transmission of the shooting data.
- step S 110 further comprises the following steps.
- the sensor data may be sent by the target device to a particular local device according to configuration of the target device and by using any possible communications protocol or sent by means of broadcasting.
- the sensor data is data sent by means of broadcasting.
- the sensor data comprises other information associated with the target device, for example, an ID of the target device, and a shooting request.
- the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device is a spatial range currently displayed on the shooting device, one or more selectable subjects may appear in the spatial range, and when a selectable subject appears in the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device, image information of the selectable subject appearing is collected.
- the shooting device may analyze the sensor data, and recognize movement of the corresponding target device.
- An action of the target device may be recognized according to any possible action recognition method that is based on recognition of various sensor data and is known in the art, which is not described in detail herein. Certainly, when the sensor data is data that has been processed, the data may not be processed or less processing is performed on the data, and then an action of the target device is recognized. After the action of the target device is recognized, the action is matched with the collected image information.
- a target device and a selectable subject that are corresponding to sensor data and image information that can be matched are associated, and it should be noted that, one selectable subject may be associated with multiple target devices.
- the subject may be determined automatically from the associated selectable subject according to a preset policy, or the subject may be determined from the associated selectable subject according to a user selection.
- the preset policy may comprise:
- determining the subject from the corresponding associated selectable subject according to an image feature of an image presented within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device. For example, when the proportion of the area occupied by an image of a selectable subject within a field of view of a local device is great (for example, the proportion exceeds a set value (e.g., exceeds 60%)), it can be roughly inferred that, at this time, a main focus of the shooting device is the selectable subject, and therefore, the selectable subject occupying a great proportion is selected as the subject.
- a set value e.g., exceeds 60%
- the preset policy may further comprise: determining a selectable subject according to signal strength of the associated target device, the signal strength being optionally comprised in the sensor data.
- the preset policy may be a reasonable combination of the several policies in the foregoing. For example, both image features and signal strength of target devices are taken into consideration: first, selecting all selectable subjects, proportions of areas occupied by images of which within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device exceed the set value, and then determining the subject according to signal strength of the associated target devices. Alternatively, signal strength is considered first, and then the location of the selectable subject is considered, etc.
- step S 120 further comprises the following steps.
- the sensor data may be received according to a first communications protocol, and the first communications protocol is, for example, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Infrared, Near Field Communication (NFC) or another short-distance wireless communications protocol.
- the connection request may be sent, according to a second communications protocol, to the target device associated with the determined subject.
- the second communications protocol may also be any short-distance wireless communications protocol such as BLE, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, Infrared, or NFC; optionally, the first communications protocol and the second communications protocol are different communications protocols, for example, the BLE protocol is used in broadcasting and/or receiving the sensor data, while WiFi is used in sending and/or waiting for receiving the connection request and during subsequent transmission of shooting data, so as to save power consumption as much as possible.
- the BLE protocol is used in broadcasting and/or receiving the sensor data
- WiFi is used in sending and/or waiting for receiving the connection request and during subsequent transmission of shooting data, so as to save power consumption as much as possible.
- packaged data packets are defined according to the corresponding protocols.
- the connection request should comprises device information of the shooting device, and the device information may comprise one or more of the following: a device ID of the shooting device, a position of the shooting device, shooting performance of the shooting device, and a relationship between the shooting device and the subject.
- the relationship may refer to one or more of: a distance between the shooting device and the subject, a shooting angle of the shooting device relative to the subject, and a face orientation of the subject within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device.
- the device information of the shooting device may be used to provide a basis for selecting an appropriate shooting device by a subject.
- the selectable subject may select a desired shooting device according to device information comprised in the connection request. For example, the selectable subject selects a shooting device with better shooting performance to shoot a photo or video for the selectable subject, or selects a shooting device with a better shooting angle to shoot a photo or video for the selectable subject, or the like.
- the shooting device may be directly operated to shoot a photo or video, and step S 130 is executed, to send shooting data to the target device associated with the subject.
- shooting may be performed according to control of the selectable subject.
- a method according to another embodiment of the present application further comprises the following step.
- step S 130 ′ is executed first, to send current shooting data of the shooting device to a target device associated with the selectable subject after the connection is established.
- a desired control instruction may be generated automatically or by a user according to the current shooting data, for example, shooting parameters (a shutter parameter, an exposure parameter, an aperture parameters, etc.) are input automatically or by the user.
- step S 410 is executed, to provide a shooting prompt according to the control instruction. Then, step S 130 is performed again, to send shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
- the shooting operation may comprise adjustment on shooting parameters and/or execution of shooting.
- the adjustment on shooting parameters comprises commands of adjusting one or more of the following parameters: a position of the shooting device, a distance between the shooting device and the subject, an angle of the shooting device, lens aperture and white balance parameters of the shooting device, and the like, so as to achieve the best shooting effect of the shooting device for the subject.
- the execution of shooting comprises commands of executing photographing, starting shooting, pausing shooting, and ending shooting.
- a method of an embodiment of the present application may further comprise the following step:
- the providing a shooting prompt means to inform, by means of any one or more of a voice prompt, a visual prompt, and/or a vibration prompt, the shooting device or an operator of the shooting device of what operation needs to be performed next and how to perform the operation.
- step S 130 may comprise the following steps:
- sequence numbers of the steps do not mean an execution sequence, the execution sequence of the steps should be determined according to their functions and internal logic, but should not constitute any limitation on implementation of the specific embodiments of the present application.
- the shooting apparatus 500 comprises the following modules:
- a subject determining module 510 configured to determine a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject.
- the sensor data is from one or more target devices; after a holder or carrier of the target device completes a certain action or changes the posture, a series of related sensor data may be generated correspondingly, and the target device may directly send out all or part of original sensor data relevant to the action, and may also send out processed data that can be more easily or directly used for action recognition.
- the subject determining module 510 determines at least one subject from the selectable subject corresponding to image information that can be matched with the sensor information of the target device.
- a connection module 520 configured to establish a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject determined by the subject determining module 510 .
- a sending module 530 configured to send shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
- a subject is determined according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject; therefore, a signal source and a physical device can be matched precisely, that is, an object to which shooting data is transmitted accurately, to achieve precise transmission of the shooting data.
- the subject determining module 510 further comprises the following units:
- a first receiving unit 511 configured to receive sensor data from at least one target device.
- the sensor data may be sent by the target device to a particular local device according to configuration of the target device and by using any possible communications protocol or sent by means of broadcasting.
- the sensor data is data sent by means of broadcasting.
- the sensor data comprises other information associated with the target device, for example, an ID of the target device and a shooting request.
- a collection unit 512 configured to collect image information of at least one selectable subject within a viewfinder coverage of a shooting device.
- the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device is a spatial range currently displayed on the shooting device, one or more selectable subjects may appear in the space range, and when a selectable subject appears in the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device, image information of the selectable subject appearing is collected.
- a matching unit 513 configured to match the sensor data with the image information.
- the matching unit may further comprise a recognition sub-unit 5131 , configured to analyze the sensor data after the shooting device receives the sensor data, and recognize movement of the corresponding target device.
- An action of the target device may be recognized according to any possible action recognition method that is based on recognition of various sensor data and is known in the art, which is not described in detail herein. Certainly, when the sensor data is data that has been processed, the data may not be processed or less processing is performed on the data, and then an action of the target device is recognized. After the action of the target device is recognized, the action is matched with the collected image information.
- An association unit 514 configured to associate a target device corresponding to sensor data with a selectable subject corresponding to image information matching the sensor data.
- the association unit 514 associates a target device and a selectable subject that are corresponding to sensor data and image information that can be matched, and it should be noted that, one selectable subject may be associated with multiple target devices.
- a subject determining unit 515 configured to determine the subject from the associated selectable subject.
- the subject determining unit 515 may determine the subject automatically from the associated selectable subject according to a preset policy, or determine the subject from the associated selectable subject according to a user selection.
- the preset policy may comprise:
- the preset policy may be a reasonable combination of the several policies in the foregoing. For example, both image features and signal strength of target devices are taken into consideration: first, selecting all selectable subjects, proportions of areas occupied by images of which within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device exceed the set value, and then determining the subject according to signal strength of the associated target devices. Alternatively, signal strength is considered first, and then the location of the selectable subject is considered, etc.
- connection module 520 may further comprise the following units:
- a first sending unit configured to send a connection request to at least one target device associated with the subject. After the subject determining module 510 determines the subject, the first sending unit automatically sends a connection request to at least one target device associated with the subject.
- a second receiving unit configured to receive a connection response from a target device, and establish a communication connection with the corresponding target device.
- the first receiving unit 511 may receive the sensor data according to a first communications protocol, and the first communications protocol is, for example, BLE, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, Infrared, NFC or another short-distance wireless communications protocol.
- the first sending unit 521 may send, according to a second communications protocol, the connection request to the target device associated with the determined subject.
- the second communications protocol may also be any short-distance wireless communications protocol such as BLE, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB, Infrared, or NFC; optionally, the first communications protocol and the second communications protocol are different communications protocols, for example, the BLE protocol is used in broadcasting and/or receiving the sensor data, while WiFi is used in sending and/or waiting for receiving the connection request and during subsequent transmission of shooting data, so as to save power consumption as much as possible.
- the BLE protocol is used in broadcasting and/or receiving the sensor data
- WiFi is used in sending and/or waiting for receiving the connection request and during subsequent transmission of shooting data, so as to save power consumption as much as possible.
- packaged data packets are defined according to the corresponding protocols.
- the connection request should comprises device information of the shooting device, and the device information may comprise one or more of the following: a device ID of the shooting device, a position of the shooting device, shooting performance of the shooting device, and a relationship between the shooting device and the subject.
- the relationship may refer to one or more of: a distance between the shooting device and the subject, a shooting angle of the shooting device relative to the subject, and a face orientation of the subject within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device.
- the device information of the shooting device may be used to provide a basis for selecting an appropriate shooting device by a subject.
- the selectable subject may select a desired shooting device according to device information comprised in the connection request. For example, the selectable subject selects a shooting device with better shooting performance to shoot a photo or video for the selectable subject, or selects a shooting device with a better shooting angle to shoot a photo or video for the selectable subject, or the like.
- a shooting apparatus 700 according to another embodiment of the present application further comprises:
- the sending module 530 further comprises: a second sending unit, configured to send current shooting data of the shooting device to a target device associated with the selectable subject after the connection is established.
- a desired control instruction may be generated automatically or by a user according to the current shooting data, for example, shooting parameters (a shutter parameter, an exposure parameter, an aperture parameter, etc.) are input automatically or by the user.
- a shooting prompt is provided according to the control instruction.
- a third sending unit of the sending module 530 sends shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
- the shooting operation may comprise adjustment on shooting parameters and/or execution of shooting.
- the adjustment on shooting parameters comprises commands of adjusting one or more of: a position of the shooting device, a distance between the shooting device and the subject, an angle of the shooting device, lens aperture and white balance parameters of the shooting device, and the like, to achieve the best shooting effect of the shooting device for the subject.
- the execution of shooting comprises commands of executing photographing, starting shooting, pausing shooting, and ending shooting.
- a shooting apparatus 800 may further comprise a prompt module 810 , configured to provide a shooting prompt according to the control instruction.
- the providing a shooting prompt means informing, in any one or more manners of a voice prompt, a visual prompt, and/or a vibration prompt, the shooting device or an operator of the shooting device of what operation needs to be performed next and how to perform the operation.
- a shooting apparatus 900 may further comprise a connection control module 910 , configured to disconnect the connection between the shooting device and the target device associated at a proper time.
- the connection control module 910 may disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when the subject leaves a viewfinder coverage for the subject, or disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when signal strength of the target device associated with the subject is lower than a set threshold.
- the set threshold may be set appropriately on the premise that transmission of shooting data is not affected.
- the connection control module 910 may disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when the shooting device cannot recognize the subject.
- the sending module 530 may first send part of the shooting data of the associated subject to the target device where the connection has been established, where the part of the shooting data is used to form a thumbnail on the target device. The user can select desired complete shooting data on the target device according to the thumbnail. Afterwards, corresponding shooting data is sent, according to a user selection, to the target device with which the connection has been established.
- the sending module 530 may also directly send all the shooting data to the corresponding target device after the shooting is completed.
- modules and units having a sending function may be achieved by one component, as long as the component complies with different communications protocols according to requirements.
- the receiving function can be achieved in the same manner.
- a user A In a tourist attraction where a public camera is disposed, a user A carries a mobile phone A 1 , a handheld computer A 2 , and a camera A 3 , and a user B carries a mobile phone B 1 and a digital camera B 2 .
- the user A In order to take photos at a desired position, the user A can request the public camera C and the user B to take photos.
- the user A when the user A requests the user B to photograph the user A, the user A does not need to lend any device to the user B, and the user B can use the camera B 2 carried by the user B to photograph the user A.
- the user A selects a specified camera B 2 as a shooting device according to the device information of the camera B 2 and the public camera C, and sends a connection response to the camera B 2 by using the mobile phone A 1 ; therefore, a communication connection between the camera B 2 and the mobile phone A 1 is established.
- the user B After the connection is established, the user B sends data obtained in current shooting to the user A, and the user A generates a control instruction according to a current shooting effect and sends the control instruction to the user B.
- the control instruction may be input by means of, for example, touching by the user A, and sent to the user B.
- the user B After receiving the control instruction, the user B automatically or manually adjusts shooting parameters, and executes shooting.
- the user B may send part of the shooting data to the user A, where the part of the shooting data may form a thumbnail on the mobile phone A 1 of the user A; the user A selects complete shooting data that the user A wants to acquire, and then the user B transmits the corresponding complete shooting data according to the selection of the user A.
- FIG. 10 shows a shooting apparatus 1000 according to still another embodiment of the present application; the specific embodiment of the present application does not limit specific implementation of the shooting apparatus 1000 .
- the shooting apparatus 1000 may comprise:
- the processor 1100 , the communications interface 1200 , and the memory 1300 complete mutual communications through the communication bus 1400 .
- the communications interface 1200 is configured to communicate with a network element such as a client.
- the processor 1100 is configured to execute a program 1320 , and specifically, can execute relevant steps in the process embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 .
- the program 1320 may comprise program code, the program code comprising a computer operation instruction.
- the processor 1100 may be a central processing unit (CPU), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or be configured to be one or more integrated circuits which implement one or more of the embodiments of the present application.
- CPU central processing unit
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- the memory 1300 is configured to store the program 1320 .
- the memory 1300 may comprise a high-speed random access memory (RAM), and may also comprise a non-volatile memory, for example, at least one magnetic disk memory.
- the program 1320 may enable the apparatus 1000 to execute steps of:
- each exemplary unit and method step described with reference to the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented by electronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed in a hardware manner or a software manner depends on particular applications and design constraints of the technical solution. The professional technicians may use different methods to implement the described functions with respect to each particular application, but it should not be considered that such implementation is beyond the scope of the present application.
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- determining a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject;
- establishing a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject; and
- sending shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- a subject determining module, configured to determine a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject;
- a connection module, configured to establish a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject; and
- a sending module, configured to send shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- determining a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject;
- establishing a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject; and
- sending shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- determining a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject;
- establishing a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject; and
- sending shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- S110. Determine a subject according to sensor data of a target device and image information of a selectable subject.
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- S120. Establish a communication connection with at least one target device associated with the subject.
- S130. Send shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- S111. Receive sensor data from at least one target device.
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- S112. Collect image information of at least one selectable subject within a viewfinder coverage of a shooting device.
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- S113. Match the sensor data with the image information.
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- S114. Associate a target device corresponding to sensor data with a selectable subject corresponding to image information matching the sensor data.
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- S115. Determine the subject from the associated selectable subject.
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- S121. Send a connection request to at least one target device associated with the subject. After the subject is determined in step S110, a connection request is automatically sent to at least one target device associated with the subject.
- S122. Receive a connection response from a target device, and establish a communication connection with the corresponding target device.
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- S410. Execute a shooting operation on the corresponding subject according to a control instruction from at least one target device associated with the subject.
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- Provide a shooting prompt according to the control instruction.
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- Disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when the subject leaves a viewfinder coverage for the subject. Alternatively, the method comprises the following step:
- Disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when signal strength of the target device associated with the subject is lower than a set threshold. The set threshold may be set appropriately on the premise that transmission of shooting data is not affected. Alternatively, the method comprises the following step:
- Disconnect the connection with the target device associated with the subject when the shooting device cannot recognize the subject.
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- Send part of the shooting data of the associated subject to the target device with which the connection has been established, where the part of the shooting data is used to form a thumbnail on the target device.
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- Send, according to a user selection, corresponding shooting data to the target device with which the connection has been established.
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- determining the subject from the corresponding associated selectable subject according to an image feature of an image presented within the viewfinder coverage of the shooting device. For example, when the proportion of the area occupied by an image of a selectable subject within a field of view of a local device is great (for example, the proportion exceeds a set value (e.g., exceeds 60%)), it can be roughly inferred that, at this time, a main focus of the shooting device is the selectable subject, and therefore, the selectable subject occupying a great proportion is selected as the subject. Also for example, when an image of a selectable subject is in a set region (for example, the middle) of a field of view of the shooting device, it can be roughly inferred that, at this time, a main focus of the shooting device is the selectable subject, and therefore, the selectable subject in the set region is selected as the subject. In addition, the preset policy may further comprise: determining a selectable subject according to signal strength of the associated target device, the signal strength being optionally comprised in the sensor data.
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shooting module 710, configured to execute a shooting operation on the corresponding subject according to a control instruction from at least one target device associated with the subject.
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